Intelligent Ultrasound
launches portable NeedleTrainer Plus
PRESS RELEASE 9 February 2024:
Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc (AIM: IUG), the 'classroom to
clinic' ultrasound company specialising in AI software and
simulation, is pleased to announce that it has launched a portable
NeedleTrainer Plus ultrasound-guided needling training
simulator.
Aimed at training ultrasound-guided
needling in military field-based hospitals, as well as clinical
networks outside major urban areas, the system is packed in a
robust, portable pelicase complete with a GE HealthCare Vscan
handheld ultrasound device.
NeedleTrainer is a first of its kind
training simulator that uses a retractable needle and virtual image
overlays to simulate needling on a live volunteer, using a live
ultrasound scan. This enables trainees to develop hand-eye
coordination, optimum positioning, and accuracy in
ultrasound-guided interventional procedures in a realistic clinical
environment with minimal risk.
The system is part of a portfolio
that includes Intelligent Ultrasound's latest ScanNav™ Anatomy
Peripheral Nerve Block, an AI technology that helps healthcare
professionals to identify and label anatomy in live ultrasound
images in preparation for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and
analgesia. The AI software automatically highlights the anatomy
associated with the most common peripheral nerve blocks.
Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve
block injections are increasingly used for pain relief after
surgery and trauma. Data from a study published in the British
Journal of Anaesthesia in September showed that, when ScanNav™
Anatomy PNB was available, there was a 40.4% relative increase in
the number of peripheral nerve blocks used in trauma cases, without
a decrease in quality of care.
Stuart Gall, CEO at Intelligent Ultrasound
said:
"We hope this new version of NeedleTrainer
will support clinicians in more remote areas and help to open up
additional markets for our simulators and AI software in the US, UK
and through our resellers around the world as we continue to grow
our classroom-to-clinic business."
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Enquiries:
Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc
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www.intelligentultrasound.com
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Stuart Gall, CEO
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Tel: +44
(0)29 2075 6534
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Helen Jones, CFO
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
(Nominated advisor and broker)
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Giles Balleny (Corporate
Finance)
Nigel Birks (ECM)
Dale Bellis (Sales)
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Tel: +44
(0)20 7397 8900
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TB Cardew - PR Advisors
Ed Orlebar
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Intelligentultrasound@tbcardew.com
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+44 (0)7738 724630
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Allison Connolly
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Tel: +44
(0)7587 453955
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Emma Pascoe-Watson
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Tel: +44
(0)7774 620415
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Tel: +44
(0)7918 584573
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About Intelligent Ultrasound
Group
Intelligent Ultrasound (AIM:
IUG) is one of the world's leading 'classroom to clinic' ultrasound
companies, specialising in real-time hi-fidelity virtual reality
simulation for the ultrasound training market ('classroom') and
artificial intelligence-based clinical image analysis software
tools for the diagnostic medical ultrasound market ('clinic').
Based in Cardiff in
the UK and Atlanta in the US, the Group has two
revenue streams:
Simulation
Real-time hi-fidelity ultrasound
education and training through simulation. Our main products
are the ScanTrainer obstetrics and gynaecology training
simulator, the HeartWorks echocardiography training
simulator, the BodyWorks Eve Point of Care and
Emergency Medicine training simulator with Covid-19 module and the
new BabyWorks Neonate and Paediatric training simulator. To
date over 1,700 simulators have been sold
to over 800 medical institutions around the
world.
Clinical AI software
Deep learning-based algorithms to
make ultrasound machines smarter and more accessible using our
proprietary ScanNav ultrasound image
analysis technology. Current products on the market utilising this
technology are GE
HealthCare's SonoLyst software that is incorporated in their
Voluson Expert and SWIFT ultrasound machines; ScanNav Anatomy PNB
that simplifies ultrasound-guided needling by providing the user
with real-time AI-based anatomy highlighting for a range of
medical procedures; and NeedleTrainer that teaches real-time
ultrasound-guided needling and incorporates ScanNav Anatomy
PNB.
www.intelligentultrasound.com
NOTE: ScanNav Anatomy PNB is CE
approved and cleared for sale in the US by the FDA but is not
available for sale in any other territory requiring government
approval for this type of product.